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II.OKIM.S' PUBLIttMING «.<>.. 5.40-5J5 Ooxton Bulldlnft. CHICAGO. 



Vol. IV. 



CHICAGO AND NEW YORK. SEPTEMBER J 4. 1899. 



No. 94. 



ROSE NOTES. 

 The exceedingly hot weather in this 

 section has been followed by a sudden 

 drop in temperature, and judgment 

 must be used in ventilating or mildew 

 will get the upper hand of the grower. 

 The steam plant should be in wording 



It would be a great blessing if some- 

 one would invent or discover some- 

 thing to destroy butterflies wholesale, 

 as they are causing untold damage in 

 this section. The little white ones that 

 are said to be the parents of the leaf 

 roller have been exceedingly numer- 



New Dwarf Geranium Little Pink. 



order and sulphur and lime smeared 

 on the pipes and a little steam circu- 

 lated through them the cooler part of 

 the night. It is poor economy to de- 

 fer putting the night fireman on duty, 

 as ne may be worth many times his 

 salary in attending to ventilating, fu- 

 migating and many other things that 

 may be noticed on each place. 



ous, consequently the leaf rollers have 

 destroyed great quantities of buds and 

 disfigured a great deal of foliage. 



Green fly will now be making its 

 appearance in numbers and fumigat- 

 ing must be attended to regularly. Set 

 certain days for this important opera- 

 tion, and do not let the day pass with- 

 out attending to it, A. 0, T, 



ROSE GROWING IN THE SOUTH. 



Mr. A. Hauge, manager for Mr. W. 

 B. Paterson, Montgomery, Ala., has 

 been visiting Chicago and other north- 

 ern cities. 



He says they have a range of about 

 50,000 feet of glass devoted mainly to 

 roses and that while summer roses are 

 about out of the question with them 

 they can produce as fine flowers in 

 winter as could be wished, especially 

 of American Beauty. 



The labor question is, however, a 

 rather serious problem. Practically 

 nothing but colored help is available 

 and while this answers all right for 

 the heavy work, there are few skilled 

 men among this class. 



He talked cheerfully of working in 

 a temperature of 147 degrees under 

 glass in the summer time and said it 

 was a trifle difficult to keep any fat on 

 one under such conditions. 



He looks for a large development of 

 business in the south during the next 

 decade and feels sure that the florists' 

 business will grow in proportion. Also 

 that the south will soon produce the 

 most of the roses now shipped in from 

 the north. 



As to carnations he is not so con- 

 fident. The hot sun is a powerful de- 

 terrent to satisfactory growth in the 

 field. 



GERANIUM "LITTLE PINK." 



The accompanying engraving is 

 from a photograph of the new dwarf 

 geranium "Little Pink," a seedling 

 from "Mars" that originated with Mr. 

 W. E. Hall, Clyde, O. The plant shown 

 was in a 4-inch pot and as can be seen 

 by the picture earned as many trusses 

 of bloom as it is possible for a plant 

 to carry. 



Plants of this pretty little geranium 

 were shown at Detroit and made a 

 very favorable impression. There is 

 always a place for such a free bloom- 

 er. 



